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Anyone w/ Geforce4 Ti in a 2x AGP mac?
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I have a gigabit ethernet G4 which has 2x AGP and I was wondering if anyone was running one with a Geforce4 Ti in it. Supposedly the requirements for this card is a 4x AGP slot but I've read some people have it in a 2x slot. Anyone out there with more info on this?
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It'll work just fine with no noticeable performance loss compared to an AGP 4x slot. The question is though what you need it for?
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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one
pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside,
thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"
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I was going to run a dual monitor setup for 3D work and to play games whenever I happen to have any time. I'm thinking I'm going to wait for the 9700 Pro but just in case I ran into a decently priced GeForce4 Ti, I wanted to know if it would work okay.
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Originally posted by D'Espice:
It'll work just fine with no noticeable performance loss compared to an AGP 4x slot. The question is though what you need it for?
Oh yes there will be. I've seen some people cap off at 50 FPS with the card in 2x AGP, and then it goes up to 120 FPS in a 4x slot.
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Originally posted by CheesePuff:
Oh yes there will be. I've seen some people cap off at 50 FPS with the card in 2x AGP, and then it goes up to 120 FPS in a 4x slot.
Yeah I wanna see that... 
The AGP bus is only maxed out if the video card has to swap textures into the system memory which however almost never happens b/c nowadays video cards have 64MB or more of video ram. Whether it's an AGP 2x or an AGP 4x slot doesn't make a difference, the processor however does.
I have a great article about that, unfortunately it's German so you probaby won't understand too much.
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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one
pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside,
thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"
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